 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery, William Brown - Equity - 1820 - 508 pages
...argument. A court of equity which is never active in relief against conscience, or public comenicncc, has always refused its aid to stale demands, where the party has slept upon hi> right and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing ran call forth this court into activity,... | |
 | Maryland. Court of Appeals, Thomas Harris, Reverdy Johnson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1821 - 844 pages
...would not order a performance, but leave the plaintiff to his remedy at law. A court of equity hath always refused its aid to stale demands, where the party has slept upon his right, and acquiesced fur a great length of time. Nothing can call this court into activity but conscience, good faith, and... | |
 | John Joseph Powell - Mortgages - 1822 - 648 pages
...387, of this edition, that the present Master of the RoUs has recently recognized and acted upon it. "A court of equity," says Lord Camden, " which is...acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but eoutcience, g»od faith, and reasonable diiigence ; where these... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Edward Jacob, John Walker - Equity - 1823 - 622 pages
...upon general principles of their own, even where there was no analogous statutable bar, refused relief to stale demands, where the party has slept upon his right, and acquiesced for a great length of time ; and, secondly, that whenever a bar has been fixed by statute to the legal remedy in a court of law,... | |
 | John Hubbersty Mathews - Personal property - 1827 - 528 pages
...years is the period. Edwards v. Carrol (a) is decisive, and now not open to argument. A court of equity which is never active in relief against conscience,...acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity, but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence : where these... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery - Equity - 1827 - 858 pages
...dismiss the bill. In Smith v. Clay, Amb.64-5. SBro. CC 639, Lord Camden says, " A Court " of Equity, which is never active in relief against conscience...right and " acquiesced for a great length of time.*' MASTER of the ROLLS. That was a bill of review, I believe, it is clear, there was a mistake in that... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1828 - 452 pages
...affording a consciousness that it was satisfied, or an intention to relinquish it. " The Court will not aid stale demands, where the party has slept upon his right, and acquiesced for a great length of time ; the activity of the Court can only be awakene.'l by conscience, good faith, and reasonable di"e ;... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 748 pages
...at an early day, Johnson v. Somerville. stated the general doctrine as follows : "A court of equity, which is never active in relief against conscience...to stale demands where the party has slept upon his rights or acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 690 pages
...been guilty of great delay. He said ; "A court of equity, which. Southern National Bank r. Darling. is never active in relief against conscience or public...to stale demands where the party has slept upon his rights or acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity, but... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 734 pages
...relief hedemands. Lord Camden, in Smith v. Clay, 3 BCC *639, *640, note, says : "A court of equity which is never active in relief against conscience...convenience, has always refused its aid, to stale demands, when the party slept upon his right, and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth... | |
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A court of equity, which is never active in relief against conscience or public convenience, has always refused its aid to stale demands, where the party has slept upon his right, and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this... 
